The Role of Climatic factors in Ordering Physical Features in Desert Houses Brief study on Mortaz House in Yazd

Considering the geographical location, Traditional architects try a house where people can live comfortably in the heart of heat and dune and in the coldness of winter. Climate factors such as: change of seasons, wind direction, the angle of the sun, moisture, temperature or topography and also human factors cause the special physical characteristics of structures in hot & arid climate Studies have done by the four components of spatial relations, space density, and the overall schematic of building and architectural proportions. The present study shows that elongation of the building stretch is north-south. This is the best stretch in hot and dry climate and therefore the stretch of winter stay (1) parts is east-west. On the other hand the indigenous architecture of desert regions have considered three main majors: A) Climate policy B) Quality orientation C) Considering the needs of future generation. At last, with studying all the above-mentioned factors, it concluded that in general, climate is the most effective factor in creating the physical characteristics of the desert houses.

Keywords:

climate , Iranian traditional houses , physical characteristics , central yard , Wind catcher